Inquirer and Mirror – (April 16, 2025) Thanks to an innovative partnership to encourage sustainability, salvage and reuse, the Community Foundation for Nantucket, Remain and Boston Building Resources are joining forces to deliver nearly 40 pieces of high-quality office furniture to nonprofit organizations across the island. Read the full story here.
Inquirer and Mirror (May 1, 2025) The Land Bank and Remain are teaming up to promote building deconstruction and salvage as an alternative to full demolition. As part of this new effort, Remain is funding the assessment and potential deconstruction of a Land Bank building and hopes the project will serve as a live learning…
Metropolis (April 23, 2025) —The climate crisis will not be solved in a silo. Designing for the what if demands an interdisciplinary approach, with landscape architects, environmental scientists, design professionals and likeminded disciplines operating in tandem while tackling one interrelated challenge after the next. Read the full story here.
Portland, South Portland (Feb 20, 2025) — Floating communities, breakwaters and parks. New water taxi services, replanted eelgrass beds and sauna-based tourism. Reclaimed tank farms turned into ponds, marshes or parks. Covering shoreline bluffs with native plants that draw pollinators and prevent erosion. Read the full story here.
The Daily Progress (Feb 4, 2025) — A handful of University of Virginia architecture and urban planning students have been selected to have their work showcased at an exhibit featuring innovative infrastructure aimed at adapting to a changing earth and climate. Read the full story here.
The Inquirer & Mirror (Feb 17, 2025) — Envision Resilience, the annual design studio that for the last five years has brought together students and coastal communities to imagine a resilient future in the face of climate change, will spin off from its parent organization Remain into an independent organization, the two groups announced last…
Explore student designs for adaptive futures with accessible community spaces, resilient waterfronts and equitable neighborhoods in Portland and South Portland. Read the full story here.
Nantucket Current (Feb 2, 2025) — On the banks of Long Pond, the Linda Loring Nature Foundation has been working on a restoration project that provides an example of how sea level rise can affect even seemingly inland areas of our island. Read the full story here.
The Inquirer & Mirror (Jan 30, 2024) If you’re looking for wide open spaces and trails to explore during the quiet winter months, look no further than the properties owned by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, an organization that stewards more than a third of the island’s total acreage. Read the full story here.
The Inquirer & Mirror (Jan 20, 2025) —The Hive, the commercial cooking hub on Amelia Drive founded to help island food businesses stretch their revenue streams, is hoping a new initiative will give its members a boost through the slow season. Read the full story here.